Capercaillies Battle for the Right to Mate

[@fauxvier8519]

Always neat to see a new animal for the first time

[@frogglen6350]

I had no idea this bird existed. And after googling it I can see why. There's only 500 left in Scotland

[@ritahorvath8207]

Very similar ones are extincted in Germany . . . 😔

[@deggis4]

It is merely a case of "locally endangered". There are millions of them in the Nordics and North-East parts of Russia and it is a common game bird.

[@shawneldridge4465]

🤠 100% completely I do enjoy watching these nature shows on the PBS network or I should say whyy. They're fun, enjoyable and knowledgeable too.

[@laurelgirard8475]

Wow! It looks similiar to the Wild Turkeys we have in New England (USA). When they spread their tails, they look much alike. I don’t think turkeys fight each other.

[@mlevesque33]

I was thinking the same thing. 😀

[@dumoulin11]

Males turkeys fight to gain control (and access to) a group of females, very much like Capercaillies.

[@lyndacarter5090]

Was just wondering if they were Scottish turkeys?

[@indyreno2933]

They both belong to the family Tetraonidae, but they specifically belong to different subfamilies, tetraonids are divided into three extant subfamilies: Pucrasiinae (Koklass Pheasants and Fossil Relatives), Meleagridinae (Turkeys), and Tetraoninae (Grouse), the koklass pheasants (genus Pucrasia) are the sole extant genus of the Pucrasiinae subfamily and comprise of only two extant species: the Southern Koklass Pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) and the Northern Koklass Pheasant (Pucrasia nipalensis), the turkeys (subfamily Meleagridinae) comprise three extant species within two genera: the American Turkey (Meleagris intermedia), the Mexican Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo (cladistically including the Domestic Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus))), and the Ocellated Turkey (Agriocharis ocellata), the grouse (subfamily Tetraoninae) make up the largest subfamily of tetraonids and comprise of twenty-two extant species within twelve genera, four subtribes, and two tribes, the two tribes of grouse are Tetraonini - the old world grouse and Centrocercini - the new world grouse, the former contains eleven extant species within six genera and two subtribes, the two subtribes of old world grouse (tribe Tetraonini) are Lagopodina - the lesser old world grouse with seven extant species under four genera: the Hazel Grouse (Tetrastes bonasia), the Chinese Grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi), the Siberian Grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis), the Red Grouse (Ortygoperdix scotica), the Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus), the Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus), and the White-Tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucurus) and Tetraonina - the greater old world grouse with four extant species under two genera: the Northern Black Grouse (Lyrurus tetrix), the Caucasian Black Grouse (Lyrurus mlokosiewiczi), the Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), and the Eastern Capercaillie (Tetrao urogalloides), while the latter also contains eleven extant species within six genera and two subtribes, the two subtribes of new world grouse (tribe Centrocercini) are Canachitina - the lesser new world grouse with three extant species under two genera: the Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus), the Canada Grouse (Canachites canadensis), and the Franklin's Grouse (Canachites franklinii) and Centrocercina - the greater new world grouse with eight extant species under four genera: the Sharp-Tailed Grouse (Pedioectes phasianellus), the Dusky Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), the Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus), the Attwater's Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus attwateri), the Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), the Greater Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pinnatus), the Greater Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), and the Lesser Sage Grouse (Centrocercus minimus).

[@touremuhammad5983]

Yes they do. They fight everything that moves during the breeding season, including us. 😅

[@barbarabush1781]

Music to tired ears. Beautiful!!

[@StPatrickIrland]

El gran urogallo que nos mostraba en sus documentales Félix Rodríguez de La Fuente.

[@algireaux1364]

The "popping" noise from the bird sounds like twigs in a jar.

[@troyano6548]

Beautiful and awesome footage .

[@davidnyc487]

Beautiful creatures, but the younger one will get his bird in the end.

[@speedracer448]

I watched this in the hospital

[@tengkuferdiansyah8617]

beruntung sekali Eropa punya ayam seperti ini

[@richardcomer3124]

"Common and widespread in Scotland"!!!! This is a tad aka totally misleading on the last count there was about only 542 ...a rare and ancient remnant from when the now space patches of true ancient Scots pine forests were widespread ... Please their protection & breeding programs 🙏🏻👍🏻🙂

[@Troonielicious]

All females are mine

[@ritahorvath8207]

I hope they are not threatened by extinction . ♡ 🦤

[@1evie11]

We also have them in Finland. They aren't threatened, they are the threath (at least to everyone hiking in the forest) 😂 They are like geese but sharper

[@ritahorvath8207]

@@1evie11 thank you, I didn't know. Similar birds are extincted in Germany, Hungary and Austria .

[@di7787]

@@ritahorvath8207 Are they, though ? :( I am from Romania, close enough, and we still have some

[@deggis4]

Merely locally threatened in different places. But in total there are millions of them in the Nordics and North-East parts of Russia.

[@paulo70412]

zoos save this bird

[@Dragonemperess]

Pop pop poppoppop

[@RishiRajBabbar]

keep away from eagles. else eagles are eating out these huge bodied bird in north of UK

[@deggis4]

That's just nature's food chain at work. The real reason for reduced population is deforestation.